In one of my college courses we did a multi-week study of Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." It was such a tiny book with huge lessons. The biggest of which for me is:

Your power is in your control of your own emotional response no matter the external factors outside of your control.

So I'm choosing to find happy moments because I refuse to let someone else define me or my frame of mind these days

Will be pinning this to remind my future self of this lesson if that gets hard

Super happy to see all the lovely new people here. I hope you find the warmth and welcoming community here to your liking and I look forward to your ideas and thoughts.

I also really hope some habits I didn’t care for on the bird site stay there though, like name calling of groups you’re not a fan of. I feel COSO has raised the bar on respectful dialogue across differences and would so love for this place to stay that way.

Thanks for listening new folks 💖💖💖

Ok dear Nauts, hope you all have good rest whenever you’re able to. I stayed up a wee bit late but had so much fun catching up.

I’m terrible at tagging/remembering handles, but there are a few of you in the thick of it I’m sending happy thoughts your way daily even though I may not post about it. Sincerely hope your trials and tribulations improve but we’re all here for you come what may.

Hugs and love always

@redenigma I honestly think part of it is the long term side effect of the powerful greed in our country. The rich keep getting richer and the scraps left makes it impossible for families to save for emergencies let alone vacations to other places. Combine that with chronic education under funding and a system that teaches kids to take tests instead of critical thinking and voila, insular people who don’t have the tools easily available to change their place or state of mind.

I’ve given myself a new social media rule. If I’m elsewhere and start to feel anxious or angry, I end my time there and come here or go do something else away from the internet entirely. Mental health is significantly improved. Thank you everyone for the intentional good atmosphere here

Y'all, I almost gave in and did a post about something the new admin is doing I don't like. I sat here with it all written out and a warning and everything.

OMG it was so hard to delete, but now that it's behind me, I'm so glad I did. I'm sticking to my engage locally plan for the sake of my health. And now my heart rate is lower & calm reigns.

I hope everyone finds their own best ways through the next few years and we come out the other side.

Love y'all

Night folks, sending wishes of sweet dreams to you whenever you rest next

Literally had no idea it was our anniversary so Happy Anniversary too! 💖🎉💖🎉💖

Today's Happy Thoughts

You are an awesome person and I love you

Sight unseen, faults and strengths both, I love you

For being here and continuing to care and be kind, you give me hope for humanity, and I love you

#COSO

Today's happiness:

Killing it at work, laid the groundwork 5 months ago and now I have a full program launch scheduled for next quarter. Super exciting stuff!

My moms are proud of me, which is so lovely to hear both say in one day.

My bio mom is healing from her stuff and MIL is about to have surgery to take care of her thing. Hoping both are well by the holidays 🤞

Ok y'all my social media limit is about up, laying down my happy truths before I log off:

I am grateful a person I care deeply about went to the doc today and the prognosis was unexpected and treatable

I'm grateful to have a spouse who is a great partner in life and parenting even when spouse doubts themselves

Today's weather was utterly gloriously the perfect temperatures in the day and cozy enough but not too chilly tonight, what luck to get to go driving around in it 😊

Love y'all always

Sending love to everyone, here's hoping something unexpected gives you a smile 💖💖💖

Today's happy and mindful truths:

My love is stronger than my fear

I am genuinely excited to be doing work that is focused on security but grounded in relationships

I have super soft and fluffy dogs and cats that almost always make me smile

In one of my college courses we did a multi-week study of Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning." It was such a tiny book with huge lessons. The biggest of which for me is:

Your power is in your control of your own emotional response no matter the external factors outside of your control.

So I'm choosing to find happy moments because I refuse to let someone else define me or my frame of mind these days

Will be pinning this to remind my future self of this lesson if that gets hard

Hi folks, sending light and love to everyone. I took a long social media break and am not yet sure I'll be around long, but I do hope everyone here is doing as well as you can these days. I also hope that in the next few years ahead you're able to stay safe and continue to build community and kindness here and in your physical spaces. Love y'all

#birthcontrol

It's a sad state of affairs in our country when a prescription for non estrogen birth control pills costs $600+. I'm sure with a discount card it will go lower but damn that's just no bueno.

Neat update, had a meeting with CEO and an SVP today, may have talked my way into a strategic initiative team 😁

Keeping fingers crossed. New CEO seems to have all the qualities I want in a leader. Here's hoping future actions match words 🤞

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend ahead 💕